What is the name of the Maya codex kept in Dresden?

The Maya codex kept in Dresden is the Dresden Codex. Its modern name comes from the German city where it was rediscovered and where it remains housed in the Saxon State and University Library Dresden.

The manuscript is a screenfold book made from amate bark paper, with 78 pages covered in Maya hieroglyphs and painted images. It was probably produced in the Yucatán region between about 1200 and 1345, and scholars often associate its origin with Chichén Itzá.

The Dresden Codex is especially valuable for its astronomical and calendrical material. It includes detailed tables for Venus and the Moon, eclipse calculations, ritual schedules, agricultural seasons, and references to illness and medicine. Its observations show how closely Maya religious life and celestial cycles were connected.

It is one of only four surviving pre-Hispanic Maya hieroglyphic codices. The Paris, Madrid, and Grolier codices are separate works; the Dresden Codex is not named for its place of origin. It also suffered severe water damage during the bombing of Dresden in 1945.